Where top founders get $1M+ for angel investing

Founders in Powerset

Recent Investments

Lovable

Avoca

Opencode

Blacksmith

Modal

Braintrust

Modal

Braintrust

LlamaIndex

Gridware

Resend

Infisical

Polar

Zeromatter

“Powerset is ducking awesome. It takes me three minutes to write a $500k check.”

Jordan Tigani, Co-Founder & CEO of MotherDuck

What Founders Get

Their own $1M fund (paying 15% carry)
A path to unlock $15M+ for follow-ons and future funds
Real-time feedback and coaching on investments
A community of elite founders and mentors to learn from
Full-stack legal & back-office support, so founders stay focused on their company
No pressure to invest; founders go at their own pace

“Powerset is a great way to support other founders while I remain 100% focused on Supabase.”

Paul Copplestone, Co-Founder & CEO of Supabase

Become a Better Founder

Top founders choose Powerset as it complements company-building.

Get better at operating from sitting on the other side of the table

Learn from a peer group of elite founders in Powerset

Become more knowledgeable by backing emerging technologies

No incremental time commitment; founders back companies they’d be helping anyway

“I love supporting exceptional technical founders, both to fast-track my own learnings and as a way to pay it forward.”

Savin Goyal, Co-Founder & CTO of Outerbounds + co-creator of open-source Metaflow

Team

Jake & Jonathan started Powerset to support “founders backing founders.”

Jake Zeller

Jonathan Swanson

“Jake & Jonathan have an incredibly high bar for investing. I had invested in 25+ companies prior to Powerset and am still learning a lot from them.”

Travis McPeak, Co-Founder & CEO of Resourcely